Ms Cezanne Green

Director, Secondary Learners,

Learning Improvement Division

We acknowledge and respect the Kaurna people, traditional custodians upon whose ancestral lands we are meeting here today. We acknowledge the deep feelings of attachment and relationship of Aboriginal people to country. We also pay respects to the cultural authority of Aboriginal people visiting or attending from other areas of Australia present here.

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STEM LEARNING

• Department for Education and Child Development – 180,000 young people

– 18,000 teachers

– 900 schools and preschools

• STEMWorks – STEM learning spaces in 139 schools ($250M)

• DECD STEM Learning strategy launched Nov 2016

• Our commitment to SA’s space innovation ecosystem

Every learner will finish school with strong foundational knowledge in science, technology and mathematics and in STEM related skills Students will participate in advanced STEM learning, particularly those who have not traditionally chosen or succeeded in these fields (girls, Aboriginal students and student from low socio-economic status areas).

By 2020

STEM DESCRIPTION

• STEM Learning refers collectively to the disciplines of science, technology and mathematics integrated with engineering as a process to solve complex problems

• STEM learning encompasses cross-disciplinary approaches to learning that increases: – student disposition in STEM related fields

– development of skills in collaborative problem solving, creative thinking and critical analysis

• STEM Learning challenges traditional delivery and explores new ways to identify evidence of learning

FOUR KEY LEVERS TO IMPROVE ENGAGEMENT, PARTICIPATION

AND ACHIEVEMENT IN STEM

1. Strengthened STEM teaching and learning from preschool to Year 12 ensuring that every learner develops strong disciplinary knowledge of STEM and the underlying skills of critical and creative thinking, problem solving and entrepreneurial thinking.

2. The establishment of effective partnerships for STEM-related teaching and learning, within and between schools and with business, industry and the community.

FOUR KEY LEVERS TO IMPROVE ENGAGEMENT, PARTICIPATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IN STEM

3. Build positive dispositions for STEM learning so that learners are inspired to take on more challenging STEM learning experiences and subjects.

FOUR KEY LEVERS TO IMPROVE ENGAGEMENT, PARTICIPATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IN STEM

4. Renewed preschool and school structures that build engagement, challenge and achievement in STEM education.

FOUR KEY LEVERS TO IMPROVE ENGAGEMENT, PARTICIPATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IN STEM

Build expertise in STEM

learning across all years

Engage students at all year levels in STEM

education

Develop system excellence in

STEM education

AREAS FOR ACTION

Build expertise in STEM

learning across all years

AREAS FOR ACTION

• Implement STEM in the early years (STEM Play)

• Professional learning for 500 primary educators

• Learning Improvement Division support for 139 STEM Works sites

Engage students at all year levels in STEM

education

Develop system excellence in

STEM Education

AREAS FOR ACTION

• STEM career development and guidance

• Aboriginal Learners in STEM Congress

• STEM student ambassadors program

• STEM scholarships

Develop system excellence in

STEM education

AREAS FOR ACTION

• STEM Lead Learning sites

• STEM leaders symposia

• Year 7/8 STEM collaborative inquiry project

• Thinking Maths

BY 2020

• All schools and preschools will have a STEM learning focus

• 5% increase in the number of students in SACE STEM subjects

• 15% increase in the number of students who receive an ATAR in advanced mathematics, physics and/or chemistry

• World’s largest space conference – up to 4000 delegates

• Scholarships for DECD teachers to attend the IAC (SASTA)

• 50 Aboriginal students from South Australia attending the IAC (Aboriginal Learners in STEM Congress)

• 600 teachers accessing a range of STEM/space-related PD

• 1400 students in full day student workshop options

• 120 Year 10 to 12 student volunteers at the IAC experiencing a potential STEM future